Poll: Iconic Quotes... on a First-Name Basis!
It's not unusual for movie dialogues involving family members, friends, old acquaintances or romantic couples to have a first name inserted in it, as if it had or added an effect of its own, like emphasizing the intimacy between the two characters, their complicity or whatever bond one of them wishes to create (not always with the best intentions). Which of these movie quotes featuring the interlocutor's first name is your personal favorite? Now, you know how to vote, don't you, Steve? Well after that, you just discuss it, Sam. Discuss the list here... ... and then forget it, Jake.
Vote:
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Casablanca (1942)
"Play it, Sam. Play “As Time Goes By.”" -
Chinatown (1974)
"Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown." -
Forrest Gump (1994)
"Run, Forrest! Run!" -
The Godfather Part II (1974)
"I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart." -
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
"Dave, stop. Stop, will you? Stop, Dave. Will you stop, Dave? Stop, Dave. I'm afraid." -
Airplane! (1980)
"Joey, have you ever been in a... in a Turkish prison?" -
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
"They're coming to get you, Barbara!" -
Casablanca (1942)
"Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." -
The Godfather Part II (1974)
"Michael, we're bigger than U.S. Steel." -
Gone with the Wind (1939)
"It's not that easy, Scarlett. You've turned me out while you chased Ashley Wilkes, while you dreamed of Ashley Wilkes. This is one night you're not turning me out." -
The Shining (1980)
"Wendy, I'm home." -
Rocky II (1979)
"Yo, Adrian! I did it!" -
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
"What is it you want, Mary? What do you want? You want the moon? Just say the word, and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down." -
Meet the Parents (2000)
"I have nipples, Greg. Could you milk me?" -
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
"Georgia, love is for the very young." -
Now, Voyager (1942)
"Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars." -
The Searchers (1956)
"Let's go home, Debbie." -
To Have and Have Not (1944)
"You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow." -
Born Yesterday (1950)
"Wouldja do me a favor, Harry?" "What?" "Drop dead!" -
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
"Hoke, you're my best friend." -
Easy Rider (1969)
"You know, Billy. We blew it." -
Erin Brockovich (2000)
"They’re called boobs, Ed." -
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
"Hey, Bud, let’s party!" -
Fatal Attraction (1987)
"I'm not gonna be ignored, Dan!" -
Ghost (1990)
"It's amazing, Molly. The love inside, you take it with you." -
Gun Crazy (1950)
"We go together, Laurie. I don't know why. Maybe like guns and ammunition go together." -
The Hustler (1961)
"Eddie, you're a born loser." -
Ninotchka (1939)
"Ninotchka, it's midnight. One half of Paris is making love to the other half." -
On Golden Pond (1981)
"Come here, Norman. Hurry up. The loons! The loons! They're welcoming us back." -
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
"You're lit from within, Tracy. You've got fires banked down in you, hearth-fires and holocausts." -
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
"Match me, Sidney." -
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
"You see, François, marriage is a beautiful mistake which two people make together. But with you, François, I think it would be a mistake." -
The Wild One (1953)
"Hey, Johnny, what are you rebelling against?""What've you got?" -
Wuthering Heights (1939)
"No matter what I ever do or say, Heathcliff, this is me -- now -- standing on this hill with you. This is me, forever."